Friday, September 21, 2018

Tuesday September 18, 2018 Nielsen Finals

Week three of FX's 'Mayans M.C.' saw slight growth from last week, up 0.01 in the 18-49 demo to 0.79, and a rise of about 100K viewers to 2.1 million. The series has consistently been doing well in the major male demographics, scoring a cable-best 1.01 in M18-49 and a 0.48 in M12-34 (2nd). It also had the highest P25-54 rating on cable (1.03). USA Network's 'WWE Smackdown' took a very close second on the day with a 0.78 rating in the key demo (0.98 in M18-49) with 2.28 million viewers. 'The Purge' held a little more than half of it's 'Smackdown' lead-in, averaging 0.44 in the demo (about even between men and women) with 1.13 million viewers. Among more female-skewing shows, MTV's 'Challenge: Final Reckoning' averaged a cable-best 0.59 rating in women 18-49 (0.54 in F12-34) with 811,000 viewers. On Bravo, 'Below Deck' was at 0.27 in that demo with 648,000 viewers, and 'Flipping Out' had 0.26 with 674,000 viewers. Other scripted series of note include: TBS's 'Wrecked' (910,000), Nickelodeon's 'I Am Frankie' (748,000), and WGN America's 'Carter' (218,000). Broadcast finals: